2008 was one of the duo’s most successful and madly busy years yet. As well as releasing The Sun & The Neon Light, their most ambitious and full-realized album to date, they embarked on another exhaustive world tour. Performing at festivals like Glastonbury, Rock Am Ring and Creamfields in Argentina, they cemented their reputation as one of the most formidable live acts around (Resident Advisor voted them the 5th best live act in the world). Their single “Charlotte” was one of the top three selling underground tracks on Beatport in 2008 and Booka Shade was voted ‘Best Tech House Act 2008’.
Having released a Movements tour edition, a live DVD called “We Came To Dance” (which found them performing to 12,000 fans at the Pukkelpop festival) and “Cinematic Shades”, a compilation of more reflective tracks from the Booka Shade back catalogue, the guys are now back in their Berlin studio working on a new album. They will play selected shows in Spring and over the summer festival season. Their eagerly-anticipated US tour starts in March 2009.
It’s been a long and winding road that’s got Booka Shade to where they are now. Following their formative synth-pop outings in the 90s and releases on labels like R&S, Music Man and Tommy Boy – including a huge hit in 1993, “Una musica senza ritmo”, as Degeneration - Arno and Walter sought a new, more personal outlet for their creative energies. They found this through Get Physical Music, which they co-founded in 2002. Since then they’ve been at the production helm of countless releases by M.A.N.D.Y, DJ T., Sunsetpeople and Chelonis R. Jones, and the label has quickly grown to become one of the most respected and popular underground dance music labels around, releasing hits from a variety of artists from the aforementioned to Samim, Lopazz, Raz Ohara, Elektrochemie and Jona.
In 2004 Booka Shade released their highly acclaimed debut album Memento, but it was their seminal collaboration with M.A.N.D.Y, “Body Language”, that launched them into the stratosphere. An immediate underground hit, the track also broke into commercial realms and was awarded ‘Ibiza Track of the Season 2005’. Booka Shade’s solo offering “Mandarine Girl” became a club smash and subsequent live performances at the 2005 Sónar festival and a warm-up set for Depeche Mode. Garnering massive props for both their studio work and live performances, Booka Shade have become in-demand remixers, lending their production magic to respected artists including Moby, Yello, Hot Chip, Depeche Mode, Roxy Music, Dubfire, Tiga, Dave Gahan and The Knife.
In 2006 the UK’s leading electronic music website, Resident Advisor, crowned Booka Shade ‘Best Live Act” and awarded them the title of ‘Best Album’ for their second long-player, Movements. Released in May 2006, it featured “Mandarine Girl” and “Body Language” alongside new club anthems “Night Falls”, “In White Rooms” and “Darko”. These tracks were among 2006’s biggest dance tunes, and “In White Rooms” and “Night Falls” were the two top-selling EPs for worldwide vinyl distributor Intergroove. The accolades stacked up: Pitchfork listed “In White Rooms” amongst the best songs of the year, while Germany’s ME Sounds listed 2004’s “Vertigo” amongst the “most important songs of all time”. A Groove Magazine poll voted them second best producers of the 2006, and Movements was one of its top 10 albums for that year. US magazine XLR8R championed the album as one of the top 100 of all time!
During their Movements world tour – which saw them perform a staggering 150 shows over the course of 20 months – Booka Shade released the 12”s “Tickle / Karma Car” and “Numbers”, both international radio and club hits, as well as a mix CD for the DJ-Kicks series which was chosen as DJ Magazine’s 1 compilation of the year and Mixmag’s 2. Soon after they brought out The Sun & The Neon Light, their most diverse and ambitious album to date. Since then they’ve toured as hard as ever, bringing their sound live and direct to audiences all over the globe; meanwhile Get Physical is as healthy as ever, and recently celebrated its landmark 100th release.
The band have just returned from touring the States and will spend the summer doing European shows and festivals. Visit their facebook or Myspace for more up to date gig info and current news.
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Berlin-based duo Booka Shade (Walter Merziger & Arno Kammermeier) are considered one of the most celebrated electronic acts to come out of Europe over the past two decades.
Originally from Frankfurt, Booka Shade quickly gained a strong following within electronic music. In 2002 they formed the now legendary dance label Get Physical Music (together w/ M.A.N.D.Y., Thomas ‘DJ T.’ Koch and Peter Hayo). In 2005 the band release the international successes ‘Mandarine EP’ & ‘Body Language’ (co-prod. w/ M.A.N.D.Y.) launching them into the stratosphere.
Since their Sónar break-through in 2005 Booka Shade earned huge recognition with their innovative live shows. Opening for legendary acts such as Depeche Mode & Kraftwerk & headlining stages inc. Coachella, Glastonbury, Rock Werchter & Red Rocks. They have been named one of Resident Advisor's Top 5 live acts in the world & DJ Mag’s ’10 Unforgettable Sets From The History Of Exit Festival’. Booka Shade were recently inducted into Pete Tong's BBC Radio 1 Hall of Fame
Remix credits include; Depeche Mode, Moby, Hot Chip, Rüfüs Du Sol, The Knife & many more.
Blaufield Music founded in 2013 is the band’s label for releasing their own music & also other artists & emerging talent.
Twenty years, dozens of EP’s & six albums later, Booka Shade have become more than a household name, they have become synonymous with the spirit which drives electronic music & have set a precedent to which electronic music is still held to today.
Contact
Booka Shade Lyrics
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Vous, sur la terre, vous avez des docteurs
Contact
Contact
Il me faut une transfusion de mercure
J'en ai tant perdu par cette blessure
Contact
Contact
Retirez-moi cette poussière sidérale
Contact
Contact
Comprenez-moi il me faut à tout prix
Rejoindre mon amour dans la galaxie
Contact
Contact
Contact
Contact...
The lyrics of Booka Shade's song "Contact" describe a longing for connection and love that goes beyond the physical limitations of Earth. The opening line, "Une météorite m'a transpercé le cœur," which translates to "A meteorite pierced my heart" in English, suggests a sudden and intense emotional impact. The next line goes on to acknowledge the medical resources available to us on Earth, but the singer dismisses them in favor of a more cosmic solution: "Contact."
The repeated refrain of "Contact" can be interpreted as a call for communication or connection with someone or something beyond our current understanding. The desire for this connection is so strong that the singer is willing to undergo a transfusion of mercury to heal a wound caused by the impact of the meteorite.
Later in the song, the singer speaks of being "suited up" in a spacesuit and covered in "sidereal dust," suggesting that they have traveled through space to reach their destination. The final line of the song, "Comprenez-moi il me faut à tout prix / Rejoindre mon amour dans la galaxie," which translates to "Understand that I must at all costs / Join my love in the galaxy," reinforces the idea that the singer's greatest desire is a connection that transcends physical boundaries.
Overall, the lyrics of "Contact" evoke a sense of yearning for a deeper connection and suggest that this connection may be found outside of conventional experiences.
Line by Line Meaning
Une météorite m'a transpercé le cœur
I've been struck through the heart by a meteorite
Vous, sur la terre, vous avez des docteurs
You, on Earth, have doctors
Contact
Connection
Contact
Connection
Il me faut une transfusion de mercure
I need a mercury transfusion
J'en ai tant perdu par cette blessure
I've lost so much from this injury
Contact
Connection
Contact
Connection
Ôtez-moi ma combinaison spatiale
Remove my spacesuit
Retirez-moi cette poussière sidérale
Take away this stellar dust
Contact
Connection
Contact
Connection
Comprenez-moi il me faut à tout prix
Understand, I need at any cost
Rejoindre mon amour dans la galaxie
To reach my love in the galaxy
Contact
Connection
Contact
Connection
Contact
Connection
Contact...
Connection...
Lyrics © WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC FRANCE, RESERVOIR MEDIA MANAGEMENT INC
Written by: Serge Gainsbourg
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Anthony Aguilar
First heard this one on the fashion show for Versace or Dolce & Gabbana back in the early 2000s I can’t remember!
blackvirgo09
Versace mens
Mark Viking
amazing
Sylvain vartoch'
Super remix
haysfordays
Need to get some samples of Steely Dan "Do it Again" in here!!!
Angelica Ryans
Bellisimo
discobaby795
Wow!
Phoenix Rising
A meteorite pierced my heart.
You on earth have doctors...
pascaleAnimo67
SUPER !!!
chosket
Con-tact tact tact tact...